When was Faves founded?

Faves was founded in 2004 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Faves located?

Faves is headquartered in Seattle, United States.

Is Faves a funded company?

Faves is a funded company, having raised a total of $2.62M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2004.

When was the latest funding round of Faves?

Faves' latest funding was a $***** Angel round on 2009, with participation from 0 investor. Its primary sector is Social Platforms. In United States, the Social Platforms sector has seen $1.07B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Faves rank among its competitors?

Faves ranks 47th amongst 156 active competitors, of which 18 are funded. It stands 4th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was About.me, which secured $11M in Jun, 2014.

Who are the top competitors of Faves?

Faves' top competitors include About.me, Instories and Rockmelt. Among them, About.me secured the most recent funding round in June, 2014.

Faves - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Faves is a deadpooled company based in Seattle (United States), founded in 2004 by Mohit Srivastava. It operates as a Social bookmarking tool. Faves has raised $2.62M in funding. The company has 156 active competitors, including 18 funded and 18 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like About.me, Instories and Rockmelt.

Company Details

Faves (formerly Blue Dot) is a social bookmarking tool. Enables users to search and share content they are interested. Allows users to search content most shared by users and also recommends content based on previous reads. Allows users share content in multiple categories including Entertainment, Crime, TV and Animals among others.

Website: faves.com
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Email ID: *****@faves.com

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2004

Location

Seattle, United States

Stage

Deadpooled

Total Funding

$2.62M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Angel, 2009, $*****

Investors

PTK Capital

Ranked

47^th among 156 active competitors

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Faves has raised a total funding of $2.62M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2004. Faves has 1 institutional investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Faves:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
2009	3715	Angel	5934	3492	2537	6203
Dec 2005	8729704	Seed	7097222	3708825	7047288	5238750
2004	8397	Seed	8139	8446	7412	3304

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The founders of Faves is Mohit Srivastava.

Here are the details of Faves' key team members:

Mohit Srivastava: Former Co-Founder & CTO of Faves.

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Top competitors of Faves include About.me, Instories and Rockmelt. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Faves, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	About.me 2009, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of personalized profile pages with optional AI virtual twin	$17.1M	True Ventures, Foundry & 7 others	60/100
2nd	Instories 2012, Limassol (Cyprus), Unfunded	Mobile application that offers templates for creating animated stories and videos	-	-	47/100
3rd	Rockmelt 2009, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Social media web brwser	$39.9M	Accel, Andreessen Horowitz & 3 others	47/100
4th	Swite 2013, Florence (Italy), Seed	Social feeds aggregation platform	-	P101, Club Italia Investimenti 2 & 2 others	45/100
5th	Vizify 2011, Portland (United States), Acquired	Platform which aggregates content from social media platforms	$2.61M	Draper, Techstars & 3 others	45/100
6th	Zabot.in 2016, India, Unfunded	Platform for management of instagram accounts	-	-	42/100
7th	Pixable 2009, New York City (United States), Acquired	Software development company balancing speed and quality for optimal product performance	$6.6M	Menlo Ventures, Highland Capital Partners ... & 4 others	41/100
8th	Find Snapchat Friends 2019, India, Unfunded	App-based social feed aggregator for Snapchat	-	-	41/100
9th	TagWag 2019, Mumbai (India), Unfunded	AI-powered caption generator and hashtag generator	-	-	40/100
10th	Parallel Space 2017, Seattle (United States), Unfunded	Mobile application to operate multiple social media accounts on the same platform	-	-	40/100
47th	Faves 2004, Seattle (United States), Deadpooled	Social bookmarking tool	$2.62M	PTK Capital	27/100